RESEARCH//test October 30
pacing
In Jim's narrative essay about his family, certain parts are written in extreme detail, while others are written in more general terms. These differences illustrate the concept of _____ in a narrative.
Comparison and Contrast
One tool to make your evidence more effective is:
Spatially, General to Particular, Chronologically
Three ways to organize a descriptive essay include:
A simile
A tool that makes your descriptive essay more interesting by comparing two items using 'like' or 'as' is called:
climax
Janet's narrative leads up to the most important moment of her story, when she first saw the face of her newborn child. This type of moment in a narrative is known as the _____.
tell a story
Most simply put, a narrative essay functions to _____.
Data analysis
What type of informative essay, in its most basic form, looks at cause and effect?
A thesis and compelling way to hook the reader
When writing an informative essay, what are the most important parts of the introduction?
Presenting the information by points of comparison or by topics
Which two aspects are important when organizing a compare and contrast essay?
to show strong feeling
What is the purpose of an exclamatory sentence?
Allow the reader to understand the essay's subject using illustrative language
The main goal of a descriptive essay is to:
Background
The portion of the evaluative essay where you establish the purpose of what you're evaluating is called:
organization
Which of these characteristics has the MOST impact on the effectiveness of a narrative essay over all the others?
Compare and contrast places the definition into a larger context in which similarities and differences can be explained.
Which one of the following statements is true about compare and contrast definition-focused essays?
All answers are correct
Which sentence is an exclamatory one? I don't want to go to the beach! All answers are correct That's the one! You're really funny!
They are sharing the writer's perspective of an event.
Why would it be correct to assert that narrative essays can be thought of as slightly persuasive?
The five senses
_____ are important to provide your reader with concrete descriptive terms.
General to particular
_____ can be an effective way to describe a descriptive essay with an object for the subject.
Presenting Counterarguments
_____ can be helpful in an evaluative essay when you are presenting a controversial viewpoint:
Judgment, Criteria, Evidence
The three key elements of the evaluative essay are:
statement
What is best defined as a declaration of a thought or feeling?
our language
What makes humans different from all other species?
exclamation mark
What punctuation does an exclamatory sentence end in?
An informative essay should not include the author's opinion.
What role does the author's opinion play in an informative essay?
A thesis with overall judgment and specific reasons
_____ is important in the introduction of an evaluative essay because it defines the focus of your critique.